India - Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in India was 5,741,910,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,741,910,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 7,840,000,000 in 1974.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1974 7,840,000,000
1975 9,620,000,000
1976 11,950,000,000
1977 13,400,000,000
1978 16,720,000,000
1979 18,900,000,000
1980 22,540,000,000
1981 27,630,000,000
1982 35,160,000,000
1983 44,500,000,000
1984 56,460,000,000
1985 70,900,000,000
1986 86,480,000,000
1987 107,020,000,000
1988 133,470,000,000
1989 165,250,000,000
1990 199,480,000,000
1991 249,550,000,000
1992 290,550,000,000
1993 344,900,000,000
1994 414,550,000,000
1995 471,280,000,000
1996 552,650,000,000
1997 612,180,000,000
1998 732,280,000,000
1999 868,750,000,000
2000 977,690,000,000
2001 1,053,520,000,000
2002 1,148,030,000,000
2003 1,201,330,000,000
2004 1,236,590,000,000
2005 1,288,690,000,000
2006 1,459,140,000,000
2007 1,659,450,000,000
2008 1,874,640,000,000
2009 2,078,370,000,000
2010 2,303,510,000,000
2011 2,303,510,000,000
2012 3,128,080,000,000
2013 3,642,440,000,000
2014 3,919,350,000,000
2015 4,315,100,000,000
2016 4,791,960,000,000
2017 5,292,460,000,000
2018 5,741,910,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance